Ehmm... its people like Anon 17:41 who made the Malays looks dumb and nonsensical. No wonder that DUMNO-thing came about.

Logically, there is no way anybody can undo history. It was also the fault of Malay leaders in UMNO, led by the Tunku Abdul Rahman, who had no balls to abolish Vernacular schools, like what Lee Kuan Yew did in Singapore.

Therefore, vernacular schools are here to stay in Malaysia as long as there're demands by parents. The only way to reduce that demand, is to reintroduce English-Primary Schools and later-on, Secondary.

Furthermore, Mandarin is one of the major language of the world. Beside English, it would be a huge advantage for the Malays if they could master Mandarin too.

Of-course, for the sake of unity, Malaysians must be well-versed and recognize Malay as the National Language. There's no two way about it.

The idea, as I wrote above in Malay, was to make non-Malays 'closer' or to have some sense of belonging with the Malay language. Adopting Arabic words will further alienate them, especially the Orang Asli and Bumiputras of Sabah & Sarawak.

or is it because former BN was too soft on the Chinese unlike the Thais n the Indonesians.The Thais and the Indoneians forced the Chinese to adopt Indonesian/ Thai name and no vernacular schools were allowed